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(ModeL) O. L. CASE. PAPER HANGING IMPLEMENT;

Patented Mar. 31,1885,

DTVENTOR WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OSCAR L. CASE, OF VVINDHAM, NEW YORK.

PAPER-HANGING IMPLEMENT.

EEPECIIEICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 31%,798, dated March31. 1885.

Application filed January 5, 188 5. (Mode.)

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that LOSOAR L. CASE, of Windham, in the county of Greene andState of New York, have invented a new and Improved Paper-HangingImplement, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention has for its object the production'of an implement for useby paper-hangers which shall facilitate and expedite the laying andsecuring of wall-paper on the walls of rooms and other places; and. itconsists in a novel device for the purpose, the same including certainpeculiar constructions and combinations of parts, substantially ashereinafter shown and described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a rear view of the implement with a portion of abreadth or strip of wall-paper as carried by the same preparatory to thelaying of the paper on the wall. Fig. 2 is a side view of the implementunderlike conditions, showing its relation and that of the paper to thewall. Fig. 3 is a side view showing the paper as placed by the implementon the wall ready for pasting or securing it thereon, and Fig. 4'is afurther like side view showing the implement in position for completingthe laying and pasting of the paper on the wall.

The implementeonsists,in part,of two crossing or tongs-like levers, A B.the one, A, of which carries a side pivot, b, arranged to pass through alongitudinal slot, 0, in the other lever, B, at a short and suitabledistance from the forward or paper-holding end of the implement.Attached to said end of said lever B is a cross-bar. d, on the oppositeends of which are secured two bent wire or other fingers or feet, 0 C,that project out in front and beyond the bar d, and that extend backwardand are pivoted at their rear ends to the ends of a cross-presser bar,D, on the face side of the forward end or arm of the lever A, within orback of the bar d. This presser-bar D it is proposed to face with rubberor other soft or flexible material. Arranged in front of or beyond saidpresser-bar D, and connected with said bar and the lever A by a bentrod, 6, or

should also be covered with leather, rubber,

'or otherwise be constructed to present a soft and yielding surface.

To use the implement, which the operator holds by the back or handle endof the levers A B, the strip of paper P to be laid and pasted orcemented on the wall 7 of a room or other place is first passed at itsupper end with the back or wall side of the main portion of the stripwhich hangs down in front facing the wall, and the levers A B closed topinch the overlapping end of the paper in between the bar d and theroller E, in or during which closing action said levers, or, at leastone of them, will also be moved longitudinally, bringing the pivot b onthe lever A to the bottom of the slot 0 in the lever B. This operationof the implement not only serves to hold the one end of the paper whilethe latter is having the paste or cement applied to its back, or beforelaying the paper on the wall, but the closing of the levers throws thefingers or feet 00 out, or forward and upward, to adjust the upper endof the paper to its right position on the wall, but free from contacttherewith, as shown in Fig. 2, the operator in the meanwhile continuingto clutch or hold the levers closed, and with his one hand keeping thelower or main portion of the paper away from the wall. The paper havingthus been set or arranged to its proper position in relation with butfree from contact with the wall, the operator still holding the levers AB closed,slightly cants the implement at its lower end toward the wall,so as to relieve the fingers or feet 0 O at its upper end from pressureon the wall, and so as to cause the presser-bar D to bear on the paperand press it on or against the wall. This causes the paper at or nearits upper end to be held and pasted on the wall, as shown in Fig. 3;After these operations have been completed, the breadth or strip ofpaper throughout its whole length is ready to be laid and secured on thewall,which is quickly and readily done by the operator leaving loose thelever B or drawing it away from the wall and throwing up and back thelever A, which changes the position of the pivot b to the top of theslot 0 in the lever A, and not only further adjusts the fingers or feet-0 O from contact with the paper, but also the presser-bar D, and throwsthevroller E into contact with the paper, when or after which theimplement is run down or over the paper by the roller E, to'press thepasted or cemented paper to the wall throughout the full length of thestrip. From this description it will be seen that the implement firstclamps by a jaw like action the one end of the strip of paper, nextadjusts said strip to its place opposite to but not against the wall,then holds it at said end to its place on the wall, and finallycompletes the laying and securing of the strip throughout its entirelength on the wall.

If found necessary,a shield may beinterposed between the roller E andcross-bar d to prevent any accumulation of or clogging with paste,should the operator neglect to wipe the exposed part.

Having thusdescribed my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. In an implement for laying and securing wall-paperto its place on the wall, the combination, with a pair of tongs-like orcrossing levers and attached devices for pinching or clamping the oneend of the strip of paper with ajaw-like action between them, of fingersor feet connected with said levers for adj ustingsaid end of the paperopposite to the place it is designed to occupy on the wall,substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the crossing or tongs-like levers A B, of thecross-bar d, carried by the one of saidlevers, the roller E, connectedwith the other of said levers, and the fingers or feet 0 C, essentiallyas described.

, the paper opposite to its proper position on i the wall, a pressingdevice for holding the paper in place when so adjusted, and a layinglength to the wall, as herein set forth.

' device for securing the paper throughout its 5 I l OSCAR L. CASE.

WVitnesses: l LUCINA S. HUNT,

MARY H. STEEL.

3. The combination, with the crossing or.

scribed, for clamping or holding the paper at. or near its one end,fingers or feet for-ad usting

